Chapter Twenty-Four Entrustment

  When Gu Yun said this, Weng Yuan and the others felt extremely excited. All along, they had been collecting medicinal herbs to sell to the pharmacists in town, but those people had always driven down the prices, making their income barely enough to meet their most basic needs. Gu Yun's words were undoubtedly music to their ears.

  So, Gu Yun bought all the herbs in their hands at the price they opened, each one was ten low-grade spirit stones, and the 500-year-old earth lotus flower was five mid-grade spirit stones. Buying these medicinal materials from them cost him ten mid-grade spirit stones. Of course, the prices they opened were not exorbitant, but these medicinal materials were indeed worth this price. Wengyuan said that in the future, he would definitely sell herbs to Gu Yun, and Gu Yun's price was several times higher than those of the shops in the city, who else would they sell to?

  Just then, Gu Yun didn't have a fixed place to stay, so he had no choice but to take the transmission jade slip from Weng Yuan and part ways with them. After he found a fixed place, they could contact him again. Anyway, their spirit stones would last for several months, and the medicinal herbs they collected during this time wouldn't need to be sold urgently, they could wait for Gu Yun to find them. This jade slip could only contact Weng Yuan within the range of Liangping County, compared to those transmission jade slips that could transmit messages thousands of miles or even further away, this was the lowest grade.

  He put away the Transmission Jade Token, bid farewell to Weng Yuan and the others, and continued on his way into the depths of the forest on the White Stone Horse. It was only in these depths that he could find the spiritual medicine he needed, but there were many powerful demonic beasts guarding it inside, so Weng Yuan and the others didn't dare to enter. Looking at the Qian Kun Ring, which had suddenly lost ten mid-grade spirit stones and gained dozens of medicinal herbs, Gu Yun shook his head. Now he no longer had to worry about the materials for refining the elixir, but instead had to worry about the spirit stones.

  It is said that Gu Yun currently has no means of obtaining Ling stones, and the few dozen middle-grade Ling stones he has now were obtained from the bodies of those he killed. Just these few dozen stalks of ordinary hundred-year-old medicinal herbs have cost him ten middle-grade Ling stones; it's frightening to think about how many Ling stones those rare thousand-year-old medicinal herbs will require. Although Gu Yun has the dragon god ring's spiritual medicine, such things are never in excess, and Gu Yun is no exception.

  It seems that he needs to work harder on alchemy in the future, because from Weng Yuan, he learned that in the Cultivation Realm, elixirs and artifacts are the most needed things for cultivators, and their prices are also very high.

  A "Huilindan" that can restore half of the true energy of a cultivator below the Yuanying stage, which is quite ordinary in the eyes of Gu Yun, can be exchanged for a low-grade spirit stone. Those more advanced elixirs are even more expensive.

  The value of a magic treasure is even more so, a single high-grade magic treasure can sell for tens to hundreds of middle-grade spirit stones. The specific price depends on the grade and function of the magic treasure. Generally speaking, defensive-type magic treasures are the most expensive because they are difficult to refine. However, the price of a spiritual instrument-level magic treasure is ten times that of a precious instrument-level one. Now, Gu Yun also knows that the magic treasures in the Cultivation Realm are divided into five levels: magic instruments, precious instruments, spiritual instruments, immortal instruments, and divine instruments. Each level is further divided into four grades: lower-grade, middle-grade, upper-grade, and extreme-grade. However, this classification is different from what his master taught him, which makes Gu Yun feel puzzled. Why did his master teach some things that are different from the current ones? But after thinking about it, Gu Yun didn't think about it anymore, figuring he would find out eventually.

  Gǔ Yún took a look around and then walked towards a sunnier spot, where one of his targets this time, "Huang Jing", grew. According to the medical classic's records, Huang Jing thrived in places with abundant sunlight. It had to be said that the medical classic was indeed a treasure trove, not only did it contain detailed descriptions of various medicinal herbs' effects, but also their habitats. While others relied on luck to find the herbs, Gǔ Yún could identify the general direction using the records from the medical classic, thus avoiding many detours.

  Three days later, Gu Yun had already found the medicinal herbs he needed based on the growth environment recorded in the medical classics. Just as Gu Yun finished picking the last of the required herbs, a 500-year-old purple grass, and was about to turn around and leave, an unusual sound from the nearby bushes stopped him. Along this road of picking herbs, he had not encountered any of the demonic beasts that Weng Yuan mentioned, even if there were one or two infantile demonic beasts guarding some of the 500-year-old medicinal herbs, they would also flee in a hurry after seeing Bai Shi. Spiritual beasts also have a suppressive effect on ordinary demonic beasts, so although Bai Shi was only one level higher than these infantile demonic beasts, they still chose to escape.

  But Gu Yun still took out the Mo Yan, carefully walking towards the place where the strange noise came from. Although there were no monsters attacking them along the way, it didn't mean that there weren't any. Just as Gu Yun was thinking whether to strike first or not, a few coughs sounded from over there, followed by a somewhat weak voice: "Young brother, don't be tense, I'm just an old man on the verge of death, I won't pose any threat to you."

  When he heard someone speaking, Gu Yun finally relaxed. In a place where monsters roamed, Gu Yun was very cautious. Although the pressure of the white stone could scare away some monsters, high-level monsters would not be intimidated by this. Putting away Mo Yan, Gu Yun walked to the front of the person who made the sound.

  As soon as he saw that person, Gu Yun was also startled and suspected that he had seen a ghost. The person in front of him could hardly be called human anymore, with not a single piece of flesh on his body intact, blood flowing from the wounds all over his body. What was eerie was that wherever the blood flowed, the flesh would slowly dissolve into blood, which would then continue to flow downwards. As a result, there was more and more blood, but less and less flesh, with some areas now exposing the bones inside.

  Seeing Gu Yun's shocked expression, the man chuckled, but looking at his blood-covered face, that smile was a bit terrifying. "Little brother, don't be surprised, I've been poisoned by a wicked treasure, and it only flared up now, turning me into this state."

  After hearing his words, Gu Yun didn't open his mouth, but instead released a white Rebirth True Qi that enveloped him. However, this time the infallible Rebirth True Qi didn't take effect, and those newly grown flesh and blood quickly turned into blood water, making the blood water more and more, not only did it not cure the wound, but it also worsened the injury.

  After seeing the chaos he had caused, Gu Yun hastily withdrew his Revival True Qi and stared incredulously at the blood that was now flowing even faster. All along, he had thought that Revival True Qi could cure all injuries; it seemed he was wrong.

  It turns out that this Blood Person was shocked to see Gu Yun's Rejuvenating True Qi, "Rejuvenating True Qi, you're actually a Rejuvenation Realm cultivator, how come there's only one of you? Where are your guards?"

  Why is it always asking about his own guard? Is it necessary for a medical practitioner to bring guards with him? It seems that he will also have to bring several guards in the future, otherwise everyone who knows he is a medical practitioner will ask like this and he will be annoyed to death. He has decided to use his identity as a medical practitioner to travel in the empire in the future, as for other attacking techniques, let's leave them aside, they can still have unexpected effects at that time, isn't Li Jinyang an example of this?

  "Hmm, I don't have any guards now, only a mount. As for this dying person, Gu Yun didn't lie either. Even the Revival Spring True Qi couldn't heal such severe injuries, and Gu Yun was also helpless. "I wonder who injured you, senior? And what kind of vicious treasure is this?" Not wanting to get entangled in the issue of guards, Gu Yun changed the subject."

  "I don't know who the person is that hurt me either. I was collecting a medicinal herb when this person snuck up behind me and attacked. With his initial strength, he shouldn't have been my match, but just as I was about to kill him, he shot out a blood-colored needle-shaped treasure that injured me, and he took advantage of the opportunity to escape. This blood needle is made from who-knows-what, and once it entered my body, it turned into a thread of blood water, constantly absorbing the essence from my body. No matter what methods I used, I couldn't get rid of it. Later on, even my primordial spirit was enveloped by this blood water, resulting in my current state. If nothing changes, I'll probably disappear along with my physical form soon." This person replied to Gu Yun's question, not dwelling on the issue of Gu Yun being his guard.

  As soon as he heard the situation of Zhong Fa Bao, Gu Yun immediately thought of Li Jinyang. At that time when he saved him, he was already seriously injured and dying, and he also had a secret method to absorb people's essence and blood. So, Gu Yun described Li Jinyang's appearance to this person and asked if the one who ambushed him was indeed this man.

  Upon hearing the description of Li Jinyang, this person immediately became somewhat agitated, "That's right, it's that bastard, he's the one who got me into this state. How do you know him? You're not in cahoots with him, are you?" This person said with some gnashing of teeth, whoever is messed up by someone will probably react like this when hearing about them.

  "Haha, don't worry, senior. He and I aren't in cahoots. In fact, I've already taken him down. It's a bit of revenge for you, senior." Gu Yun said with a smile as he looked at the person.

  "You killed him, aren't you a doctor? How could you kill him?" Upon hearing Gu Yun's response, this person didn't believe it and instead questioned.

  Gǔ Yún didn't respond to his words, instead he threw a punch to the side, and a dragon-shaped shadow burst out from his hand. After a loud explosion, a pit two meters wide and deep appeared on the ground. Withdrawing his fist, Gǔ Yún said: "Now, senior should believe it, right?"

  Staring blankly at the massive crater created by Gu Yun's explosion, although such an attack was nothing in his eyes. However, this came from a medical cultivator's hands, which made it different. The man muttered to himself, "How is this possible? Medical cultivators can't cultivate any other techniques, how do you have such strong attacking power? What's going on?"

  "Hehe, the junior's cultivation method is a bit special, so it ended up like this." Gu Yun smiled and explained, looking at the person's stunned expression. Then he told himself and Li Jinyang's story again.

  After hearing Gu Yun's words, this person was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Haha, haha, good, good, I didn't think that this guy was actually the city lord. Now this empire is really getting more and more outrageous, someone like him can also be a city lord. Good kill, good kill, someone like him should have been killed long ago. I didn't expect him to die before me, now even if I die, I can close my eyes in peace."

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "Little brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to live much longer. You can help me by killing my enemy, and I'll be able to die in peace. However, I still have two disciples at home who are deeply poisoned. In the past, I've been using some medicinal pills to suppress their poison, but if I die, they will likely follow me soon. So, I'd like to entrust them to you to take care of. With your medical skills, I think you should be able to cure them. If that's the case, I can arrange for the two of them to marry you now. What do you say?"